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D. F. BEARD.

GATE. APPLIGATION FILED JUNEQ, 1909.

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DAVID F. BEARD, 0F HORTON, KANSAS.

GATE.

936,29U, Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Uet., 12, 1909. Application filed June 9, 1909. Serial No. 501,056.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, DAVID E. BEARD, a citizen ot the United States, residing at Horton, in the county of Brown and State of Kansas, have invented cei'tain new and useful Improvements in Gates; and l do declare the following' to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being' had to the accompanying' drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specilication.

My invention relates to gates and more particularly to a gate especially adapted for use by railway companies in connection with their right-of-way fences.

It is an object of my invention to enable the railway companies to economize in the such gates by forming the body frames of condemned boiler-tubes.

It is a further object of my invention to provide the boiler tube frame with durable and economical fence members preferably comprising' top and bottom rods and intermediate wires.

bracket, the tit of the pintle in the ear being adapted to afford free revoluble movement of the latter without allowing the gate to sag. Each inside section G is provided with a boss 8 which is inclined toward the center of the gate and is reduced in diameter to provide a shoulder 9 against which the ends of the brace tubes may seat. The diameter outside diameter or' the brace diameter of* the tips 8 tubes and the is slightly less than 9 desig'nates the latch post, which is provided with a keeper plate 10, having a socket 11 communicating with the post socket 9. Y

12 designates the outside upi'ig'ht ot the gate. Secured to the ends of the upright 12 are collars comprising' the flanged sections 1314 which are secured on the upi'ig'ht by bolts 15. The inside sections 14 are constructed similarly to the sections 6 previously described and are adapted to carry the ends oi' the brace tubes opposite the up- It is also an object of my invention to proi'ight et. he sections 13. are plain. vide for tightening the fence members in Attached to the uprig'ht 12 is a latch order to prevent sagging'. bracket 1G, having a depending ear 17 pro- In accomplishing these objects, l have provided the improved details of structure hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which .'M

Figure I is a front view vided with an aperture 18. Extending through the aperture 18 and through an aperture in the upright is a latch pin '19, the

rlhe inner end of the pin is provided with a boss 20 that abuts against the outer face of the bracket lia-nge 17, and has a handle knob 21.

22 designates a spring which surrounds rod 19 and is located between the upright and bracket flange, one end of the spring being attached to the rod and the opposite end engaging' the bracket so that the pin may be yieldingly tensioned toward its locking position.

23 designates the brace tubes which extend diagonally across the gate and are attached to the end collars as previously described.

porting' post with its bracket, the hanger bracket and a portion of the inside upright eing in' vertical section. Fig. HI is a vertical section of the latch and adjacent portions of the outside upright and latch post.

xeferring more in detail to the parts 1 designates the supporting' post, which is provided with brackets 2, having pintles 3. upright of the gate. Secured' to the ends of upright 4 are collars, each preferably comprising an outside section 5 and inside section 6. Both of the The tubes 23 are iiattened at their longicollar sections ai'e provided with flanges tudinal centers so that they may lit snugly 5-6, having apertures through which the together and are provided with bolt aperbolts 7 are projected to secure the collars t-ures.

firmly to the uprig'ht. Each outside collar 2a designates a central upright (also of section is provided with an ear 5 having boiler tubing) which is provided with a flatan aperture into which tened centralportion having' a bolt aperture. ear is seated on the The upright 24 is projected between the of the bosses is substantially the same as the y A the nuts on the rods diagonal braces 23 and the three pieces are fastened together by a bolt Each of the end upiights is provided, at intervals throughout its length, with apertures 2G, one of which is close to each end of the upright and on the outer side of the adjacent collar, the otheis being located between the collars. The central upright is provided with apertures which l-iiie with the end apertures in the end uprights when the gate is assembled. Extending through the end apertures in the three uprights are the top and bott-om rods 27. Each of rods 27 is provided at one end with a head 2S which bears against the outer face of one of the end uprights and is threaded at the opposite end to carry a nut 29 which may be tightened against the opposite end upright. Located in the inside apertures of one of the uprights are the ring bolts 30, having nuts 3]. which bear against tlie'outer face of the uprights. Located in the apertures in the opposite upright are the hook bolts 3Q, having nuts 33 which bear against the outer face of the upright. Connecting the ring bolts and hooks are the wires 3l, which preferably pass alternately on opposite sides of the brace bars and central upright.

It is readily apparent that any slack in the gate or wires may be taken up by tightening 27 and ring bolts and hooks, so that the gate may be kept in proper i condition.

' each end lith al gate of this construction the most expensive portion (the frame) may be made from condemned boiler tubes which would to the railway company. Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is z- 1. A gate comprising rights, collars clamped on tubular end upsaid uprights, near thereof, tubular brace members extending diagonally across the gate and secured on said collars, said brace members being flattened at their point of intersection, top and. bottom rods connecting said uprights, and wires connecting said uprights and extending alternately on opposite sides of said brace members.

2. In ay gate the combination with a supporting post having pintled brackets, tubular uprights, of a gate having tubular brace members extending diagonally between said uprights, collars clamped on said uprights and carrying brace members, and fencing members extending between said uprights, thek collars on the uprights, adjacent to the supporting post, being provided with ears having apertures cut for receiving the bracket pintles, substantially as set forth.

3. A gate comprising end uprights and a central upright, all provided with alining apertures, rods extending through said aper-V tures and having heads at one end and threaded portions at the opposite end, nuts carried on said threaded portions and adapted to bear against an end upright, and tubular brace members extending diagonally across the gate, said brace members and said central upright being flattened at their point of intersection, and said upright being projected between said brace members, substantially as set forth.

el. A gate comprising tubular end uprights, and a central upright, each provided with an end aperture and the end' uprights provided with intermediate apertures, collars clamped on said end uprights and provided with inclined bosses, tubular brace members carried by said bosses and extending diagonally across the gate, said brace members and central upright being flattened at their point of intersection, and bolted through their flattened portions, rods extending through the end apertures in said uprights and having nuts adapted to tighten against one of the uprights, ring-bolts extending through the intermediate apertures in said end uprigl'its, and wires carried by said ring bolts and extending alternately onopposite sides of said brace bars and central upright, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof l atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID F. BEA'BD.

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